Costa Mesa, CA
Appeals Lawyer at Costa Mesa, CA
Practice Areas: Appeals, Business, Lawsuits & Disputes
OUTCOME: $40 million jury verdict
Defendant pipeline operators failed to disclose pipelines operated in client's undeveloped Bakersfield property. Client was prevented from developing its property when defendants refused to remove or r ... elocate the pipelines.
OUTCOME: $10 million jury verdict
Partnership dispute concerning an import an online sales business worth several million dollars. Client's partner constructively ousted client from the business and refused to acknowledge client's righ ... ts in the business.
OUTCOME: Reversed $5.1 million judgment
TVA’s client Bill Dohr gave a $15 million promissory note to buy a real-estate development company from his partner and father-in-law, Bob Lintz. Given their close ongoing business and personal relatio ... nship — and because the California real-estate market in the early 2000s was flowing with milk and honey — the parties were not terribly concerned with documenting the payments on the note. But after Lintz’s health declined, his fourth ex-wife and then fifth wife (long story) usurped control of the trust, stole millions from Lintz, sued Bill on the note, and won a $5.1 judgment in a case styled Shapiro v. Dohr, et al.
OUTCOME: Multi-million dollar settlement
Real property and easement dispute.
OUTCOME: The District Court agreed with TVA and issued a mandatory injunction in favor of its clients.
TVA's clients bought a 138-acre parcel across the street from Meadows Field airport, a property hoped to be the "window to the city" of Bakersfield. When undisclosed Shell and Chevron pipelines were fo ... und and they refused to relocate them, however, development ground to a halt. After several months of stalemate, this "window" property showed nothing but the power pipeline operators wield in Kern County. TVA sued the operators in federal court for the Eastern District of California in C & C Properties, Inc., et al., v. Shell Pipeline Co., et al. TVA immediately moved the court for a preliminary injunction requiring the operators to remove their pipelines and allow TVA's clients to continue development. In response, Shell called upon Kern County officials and the California Public Utilities Commission, in an attempt to overcome the property owners' rights.
OUTCOME: Successfully reversed judgment
Appeal of judgment against plaintiff seeking to recover promissory note given as security for loan.
OUTCOME: Motion for summary adjudication granted; affirmed on appeal
Complaint to invalidate a qualified personal residence trust (QPRT) holding Chapter 7-debtor's multi-million-dollar waterfront home and turnover the property to creditors.
OUTCOME: Victory
The city of Los Alamitos violated its own code when it awarded a trash-hauling contract worth $6.5 million more than the lowest responsible bid. Judge Andrew Banks voided the city's contract with Cons ... olidated Disposal Services and ordered the city to follow its own procedures.
OUTCOME: Victory
In mid-2007, the Great Park Corporation began a nationwide search for a professional CEO. After paying a professional recruiter nearly $20,000, it received approximately 150 resumes from across the cou ... ntry and some foreign countries. However, of those 150 candidates, the Corporation's "search committee" returned only one for the Board to interview, the brother of a former aide to board member Larry Agran. Agran had not disclosed this relationship. The search committee's second choice was an existing Irvine City staffer, who also quickly withdrew his name from contention. Plaintiffs demanded to see all 150 resumes and all documents concerning the search. The Corporation refused. After Plaintiffs sued, the Corporation capitulated. On appeal, the Corporation was ordered to pay Plaintiffs' attorneys' fees.
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